Chapter 199: At the Gates of Meichi Castle (2) (1/2)
Chapter 199: At the Gates of Meichi Castle (2)
“Oh? You’re finally here?”
Eliza had been keeping a low profile in a coe contribution to the war by defeating Marquis Hailey Maroon, a Master of the Empire, she had sacrificed the Republic’s troops in the process and had even been consu dishonor to the Ghost fried heard the report, he had ordered her to keep a low profile and had isolated her until today
But even with all that, she still see how you’re here to let me out, it seems like you have a favor to ask of me? Ah! I heard that you recently lost Is it because of that?”
Siegfried smiled at Eliza’s sarcastic comments
“Don’t try to provoke me It was your fault that you’ve been in isolation”
“Hmph, didn’t you tell me I could do whatever I wanted?”
“That was only if it was related to the war I didn’t tell you to be cruel toabout her order for the Ghosts to rape Marquis Hailey Maroon He could look over the fact she had sacrificed the troops since it was related to the war, but her order had nothing to do with the war
At his comment, Eliza frowned
“Ah… If I had known that you were so and do another to a woman, I’d have killed you fried’s face turned cold
“Then why don’t you try now?”
“”
Eliza didn’t say anything and just continued to look at hi between the two
To be honest, the relationshi+p between them was a bit delicate They had a similar relationshi+p to a master and servant, but they were also somewhat equal But the hierarchy was too distinct for it to be considered an alliance It was probably more accurate to say it was a contractual relationshi+p
There were many terms in their contract that would help theoals, but only the two of theht hand, didn’t know much about it
But, the relationshi+p between Siegfried and Eliza would never last forever They both kneas a precarious relationshi+p that could be broken anywhere and at any ht now, Eliza had crossed the line Even if it was just a little, she had still crossed it and Siegfried had no intention of tolerating it Siegfried’s cold eyes were telling her only one thing: that if you’re going to follow afteron how Eliza responded, their contract could be destroyed
After a long silence, Eliza responded
“Alright, let’s stop here It’ll be difficult to find another partner like you”
In the end, Eliza bowed out first Siegfried nodded as he responded
“Good I look forward to our cooperation”
“Me too”
SMACK!
Before Eliza could even finish talking, she fell to the side Jake had swung his sword and hit her on the head While it wasn’t hard enough for her to die, it was still a powerful blow that caused her slender body to fly to one side Having been struck without a chance for her to screafried spoke to her coldly
“Let’s consider that a penalty for your previous coh…”
Eliza struggled up She spat out a bloodied and broken tooth before continuing
“Penalty… I can’t not agree to it”
“Good”
Having spoken, Siegfried turned the conversation around
“I have so you need to do”
“What is it?”
“I need the by-product of the elixir you spoke of before”
“Ooh… you need that?”
“I do”
“Fine I quit researching, but I didn’t get rid of it I can supply you as ht to himself
‘You’re not the only one with a secret weapon, Milton Forrest’
There is a saying: it’s a heavy responsibility to fight and win; it’s best to ithout fighting
Siegfried had just been about to conquer the entire Valence Kingdoetting rid of said hindrance was one hting
As part of that, Siegfried had tried to attack the er to David telling hiather the 60,000 Republican reserve troops and attack the Lester Kingdom If this attack worked, then Milton would have no choice but to withdraw since whatever he gained froh if things got dicey because the Lester Kingdom was threatened
But, Milton hadn’t been unprepared in this area First, he had given control over the border defense to his most trusted tactician, Count Sabian He believed that unless Seigfried himself appeared, there was no one Sabian couldn’t block with his intelligence Count Sabian also had a couple of powerful cards in his hands as well: Duke Sean Palan and Viscount Trike Low
Trike’s performance was particularly remarkable To put it into perspective…
“Attack! We will be defeating the fortress today!”
5,000 Republican soldiers were fiercely attacking the core of the Lester Kingdom’s defense In order to attack an undermanned and under defended fortress, 5,000 men were led to attack the fortress Inside the fortress were only 1,000 men It was an attack that had been planned because the Republicans believed that the temporary fortress, not even a castle, could easily be defeated within a day
In fact, the Lester Kingdo
“Viscount! The fortress gates don't seeer, sir!”
“Station the troops at the front gate! Do not let the enee of defending the fort clenched his teeth Even as he gave the order, he kneould be difficult
‘Will we not be able to stop the defeat… A cavalry appeared on the ene with a red arrow Can it really be that unit?”
“It’s the Red Feathers! It’s the reinforcement led by Viscount Trike Low!”
“Hurray! We’re saved!”
The struggling fort defenders all cheered The reinforceht side and spread out into the shape of a fan Then…
“Fire!”
At Trike’s command, the mounted archers loosened their arrows in unison
The number of arrows[1] was as many as 2,000 It was a rain of arrows, no, it was a downpour of arrows